Andy SeagleAndy
Seagle, Clear Cut Acoustic's owner and chief engineer, has been
a recording engineer and producer since 1980. Prior to starting
Clear Cut Acoustic, Andy worked in these capacities at many facilities,
primarily Chaton Studios in Scottsdale, AZ. While at Chaton he recorded
Lyle Lovett, George Strait, Alice Cooper, Hall and Oates, Judas
Priest, and Flotsam and Jetsam. Andy has received gold albums for
his work with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ("Will the Circle Be Unbroken,
Vol. II" with guest artists Chet Atkins, Bruce Hornsby, Johnny Cash,
and Vince Gill) and the Escape Club. A personal and professional
highlight for Andy was working as first engineer for producer Phil
Ramone, recording Paul McCartney during the video shoot for his
song "Stranglehold."

Dave NicholsDavid
Nichols has been an engineer/producer since 1988. Blessed with great
ears, he first began recording at the age of 14. Since then, David
has amassed a wealth of knowledge in both analog and digital recording
theory and technique, as well as experience. His many credits include
Meat Puppets, Sister Sledge, Type O Negative, Sevendust, Kerry Jackson,
the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul, Korea, and a total of nearly
200 performances of the Pheonix Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony
of the West Valley, formerly the Sun City Symphony. In addition
to engineering and producing, David is an audio recording and production
instructor at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in
Tempe.

Michael HillMichael Hill joined Clear Cut Acoustic as an engineer in 2003. He has recorded the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and the Valley Chamber Chorale in numerous mobile recordings. Michael is also experienced in the recording studio, having worked with a wide range of musicians, including jazz, rock, classical, country, and hip-hop. When he isn't recording, Michael teaches courses in studio recording and digital audio workstations at Mesa Community College.

Warren Ross SokolWarren Sokol has been engineering for over a decade, and is skilled in studio and mobile recording, as well as mastering. Never content with a merely "okay" recording, Warren strives to create the cleanest recordings possible. Warren also teaches Digital Audio Workstation and studio recording classes at Mesa Community College.